LGBTTQ* Words/Definitions. The following list of words and definitions provide us with an introduction and foundation of language for LGBTTQ* communities. It is important to note words, definitions, and connotations change over time, culture, political climate, economic background, education, race, and geography. New words are created every day.
Hippocrates - Î¤he Father of Medicine. Hippocrates was born around 460 BC on the island of Kos, Greece. He became known as the founder of medicine and was regarded as the greatest physician of his time. He based his medical practice on observations and on the study of the human body. He held the belief that illness had a physical and a rational explanation.
Scientific Medicine. Asthe 19th century began, Americans had witnessed many revolutionary changes in their lives, but medicine had not kept pace. Medical practices differed little from those of the 18th century. The foremost practitioner of the time was Benjamin Rush, a believer in the Enlightenment era's philosophy of natural law. In this rational system, the body was a machine, and all disease was one diseaseâan overstimulation of nerves and blood.